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At Fault (Hardcover)
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At Fault (Hardcover)
Series: Mint Editions
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Loot Price R366
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At Fault (1890) is a novel by American author Kate Chopin.
Published at the author’s expense, At Fault is the undervalued
debut of a pioneering feminist and gifted writer who sought to
portray the experiences of Southern women struggling to survive in
an era decimated by war and economic hardship. Thérèse Lafirme is
a Creole widow whose husband’s death has made the Place-du-Bois
plantation on the Cane River in northwestern Louisiana her sole
responsibility. Struggling to survive in a region that, following
the fall of the Confederacy, has failed to recover from the
devastation of defeat, Lafirme agrees to sell her land’s timber
rights to a recently divorced businessman named David Hosmer. As
the two begin to fall in love, Hosmer’s sawmill causes tension in
an agrarian community unaccustomed to modern industry. Hosmer
proposes to Thérèse, she is forced to consider the prospect of
marriage against the opinion her community as well as her own moral
and religious values, to set her personal desires aside in order to
appease tradition. When Fanny, Hosmer’s alcoholic ex-wife,
re-enters the picture, trouble ensues that threatens to ruin
Lafirme’s reputation as an honest, hardworking woman. At Fault,
like much of Chopin’s work, went largely unnoticed upon
publication, but has since garnered critical acclaim as a work that
explores the lived experiences of women and racial minorities
during a period of political and economic upheaval. Both fictional
and autobiographical—Chopin was a widow of French heritage who
struggled to provide for her family following her husband’s
death—At Fault is an underappreciated masterpiece of
nineteenth-century literature. With a beautifully designed cover
and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Kate
Chopin’s At Fault is a classic of American literature reimagined
for modern readers.
General
Imprint: |
Graphic Arts Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Mint Editions |
Release date: |
September 2021 |
Authors: |
Kate Chopin
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Contributors: |
Mint Editions
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
160 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5132-0809-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5132-0809-8 |
Barcode: |
9781513208091 |
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